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H. A. BATE.

COMBINATION ORDER BOOK.

,506. Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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' WITNEE Q N. PEYERS. Plmtcruxhngmplmn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. BATE, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINATION ORDER-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,506, dated January 17, 1888.

Application tiled July 11, 1887. Serial No. 244,044. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. BATE, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Oanada, have invented a Combination Orderook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot" this specitication, in whichi Figure 1 is a plan of my combination orderbook closed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the iront flap or portion of the cover thrown back. Fig. 3isa longitudinal vertical section on the linem x of Fig. 1. t

My invention has for its object to enable wholesale merchants and manufacturers to provide retail merchants and others with whom they have frequent dealings with a neat and convenient order-book; and to this end my invention consists in an order-book combining memorandum-spaces for articles wanted, letter-forms, and order-blanks, and a pocket or receptacle on the outside of the cover of the book for containing addressed envelopes and catalogues or lists of articles sold by the party or. parties to whom the order is to be sent, the whole being furnished in a neat and compact form and adapted to be hung up or placed in a convenient position Afor immediate use 5 and my invention also consists in certain combinations ot' parts and details of construction, as hereinafter, fully described and specifically claimed.

In the said drawings, A represents the cover of thebook, composed of card-board or other suitable material and of any desired shape. The cover here shown is composed oi' two iiaps or portionsb c, folded to turn over at the top along the line d, the front flap, b, being provided near its upper edge with a ring or sus.

pension device, e, to enable the book to be hung up in a convenient position for use. The lower portion of the front flap, b, is provided with a pocket, D, for containing a catalogue or list of articles sold by the party or parties to whom the order is to be sent, together with envelopes having lthereon the printed address of the said party or parties. A calendar, B, is preferably secured to the outside of the pocket, as seen in Fig. l; but this may be dispensed with, if not required.

Within the two portions b c of the cover are secured, near the upper edge, by stitchesf or other-suitable device, apack or series ofprinted sheets, O. Each of these sheets C has printed thereona ruled memorandum-space, g, upon which the retail merchant can jot down at once articles required to be ordered. Immediately beneath this memorandumspace q is a letterform, It, addressed to the wholesale merchant or manufacturer from whom the goods are to ordered, and below this is a ruled order blank or section, t', upon which is written adescriptions of the goods wanted, copied from the memorandum-space g above, which latter thus serves the double purpose of a memorandumsheet and a stub section and answers as a copy of the letter and order sent. Between the memorandum-space g and the letter-form h is a line of perforations, k, which enables the letter-form and order to be easily torn or separated from the stub section-or balance of the A sheet, after which the letter-form and order properly filled out and signed are inclosed in one of the envelopes contained in the pocket D and sent to the party addressed. It' there is not suflicient space on the front side of the order to write the articles required, the order may be continued on the back of the detached sheet, the words turn over being placed at the lower right-hand corner to call attention to the other side.

The above described combination orderbook is intended to be furnished free of cost by the wholesale merchant or manufacturer to the retail merchant `or other party dealing with him, and has preferably printed on the outside ot' the front portion of the cover the business cardor advertisement of the party 1. In an order-book, the combination, with the cover A, having a pocket, D, on the outside of its front portion for containing envelopes, catalogues, or other matter, of a series of leaves or sheets, C, each sheet having lines printed or otherwise placed thereon to form spaces for memorandums of Wants, a letterform, and an order blank or section, said memorandum section or portion beingv located at the top of the sheet and serving the double purpose of a memorandum-blank and a stubsection for recording the order, and having a line of perforations whereby the letter-form and order blank or section may be readily detached from said memorandum-section when filled out, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cover'A, having at its top a ring or suspension device, and provided on the outside of its front portion with a pocket having a calendar on its exterior surface, and a series of leaves or sheets, C, 'each 2o HENRY A. BATE.

In presence of B. BRITsoN, HECTOR MeDoNALD. 

